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Take Art Associate Artists

Take Art Associate Artists is a new initiative aiming to develop relationships with some of Somerset's finest artists. These associate artists act as Take Art ambassadors whilst receiving promotional and professional support in return.

Current associate artists are:

Richard Tomlinson	www.foreground.org.uk


Children love telling stories and listening to fantastic tales. Richard Tomlinson provides a fun, lively and engaging way for children to create the most imaginative, incredible and magical stories and capture them on film. In recent movies children have: vanished into thin air, had adventures in outer space, travelled through fairytale landscapes and shrunk down to the size of tiny mice. The sessions enable children to construct imaginative and dramatic stories through playful and creative activities. In most cases projects culminate in a film premiere at which friends and family can share in the achievements of the children. These energetic sessions involve children in story construction/ telling, drama, movement and imaginative play.

Pip Utton	www.pip-utton.com


Pip Utton is a British actor and playwright known for a number of plays, including the award-winning Adolf, Chaplin and Only the Lonely. As one of the UK'sleading solo performers, most of his plays are monodramas, performable by a single actor. Utton won the top award at the 2006 THESPIS 5th International Monodrama Festival performing Bacon written with Jeremy Towler. Pip Utton is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Fringe and tours internationally, in part supported by the British Council and has had successful tours on the Take Art: Live Rural Touring scheme. *‘Pip Utton is the doyen of the fringe one-man show.’* The Daily Telegraph Top Twenty 2007 (Chaplin)

Louise Barrett	www.prettygoodgirl.com


Louise Barrett is artisic director and founder of Pretty Good Girl Dance Theatre a leading small-scale, Somerset based British Dance Company known for its innovative, narrative based choreography. The driving philosophy behind the company's projects is that dance can tell stories - real stories and should be accessible to people of all ages and interests. Founded in 2003, the company has since performed in over 150 rural and small-scale venues across the UK. In order to bring their art to an audience that may not otherwise seek out dance, much of their work has been performed in non-traditional venues and education settings. Louise has worked for Take Art: Dance, Live and Start.